Browsing RPI Theses Open Access by Author "Haskins, Ekaterina V., 1969-"

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    • A brief history of topical invention in 20th century United States rhetorical studies 

      Hubbell, Gaines S. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-08)
      Although work on topical invention in the last century has neither a single coherent concept nor consistent terminology, it maintains a deep structure in which topics identify the sources for linkages that connect claims ...

    • Experiencing memorial space in "a Land of Refuge" 

      Lauzon, Robb Conrad (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-05)
      This dissertation explores how a nation’s identity becomes inscribed in memorial spaces and how these spaces are experienced by citizens. I argue that understanding the composition of memorial spaces and how individuals ...

    • How to design for impact in games 

      Walsh, Eric (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2018-08)
      In this dissertation, I seek to define strategies designers might use to enhance the effectiveness of their game’s message. To do so, I adopt a rhetorical approach to impact that recognizes identification between the ...

    • Moments of play : uncovering the performances of videogame play 

      Hanford, Nicholas A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-12)
      Lastly, through the temporal data collection and situational analysis methods, I am able to further elucidate the roles that luck plays in videogames—an undertheorized arena of gameplay experience. I provide three distinct ...

    • MoveOn and E-motion : the paradox of cyberactivism in consumer society 

      Dincki, Sandrine (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2006-08)
      The relationship between media and democracy has always been characterized by a tension between public and private interests with a tendency for the latter to prevail. Mediated politics and consumption in a democratic ...

    • Recollecting La Technique : industrial heritage sites and the rhetoric of technology 

      Adamczyk, Christopher Lee (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2019-08)
      Industrial heritage sites are locations that exemplify both public memory and the rhetoric of technology. In this dissertation, I interpret three examples of industrial heritage sites to identify and characterize their ...

    • Remembering the Iraq War : the rhetoric of public memory and the memory of publics 

      Rancourt, Michael A. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2013-05)
      In this dissertation, I analyze representations of the Iraq War beginning with texts produced while the war was still in its early stages to gain a sense of how these texts and their underlying discourses were and are ...

    • Uncanny tourism : rhetorical placemaking in Sleepy Hollow, NY 

      Kennedy, Sarah Beth (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2021-05)
      In the village of Sleepy Hollow, NY, local author Washington Irving’s 1819 short story “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is the basis for a Halloween season tourism industry. Combining a rhetorical analysis enriched by ...

    • Updates : technologies of media change 

      Comer, Joshua (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2015-12)
      Whether as status notifications in news feeds or interactive prompts in online video services, updates punctuate the background routines of media by bringing a variety of changes to the attention of users. In this dissertation ...

    • Valuing constituency : property assessments, land management and environmental stewardship in central Texas 

      Patzke, Karin Lynn (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 2017-08)
      This dissertation examines the recent history of environmental conservation in Texas from three perspectives, and provides an analytic framework for evaluating how political actors and constituents participate in the rule ...